Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database:
     Elderkin, Frederick - Pvt - Co I - 15 IL US CAV
     Residence, Sandwich, Dekalb Co, IL; Join 2Aug1861 - Aurora, Il; Age21; Born, Nova Scotia
     Height, 5' 11"; hair, brown; Eyes, hazel; Complexion, dark; Farmer
     Died at St. Louis MO
     Was captured at Holly Springs Miss & paroled

From Ancestry. com, American Civil War Soldiers Record:
     Frederick Elderkin
      Residence, Joliet, Illinois; Join 2AUG1861
      POW (paroled)
      Enlisted as a Private on 02 August 1861
      Enlisted in Company Jenks', Indpt Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 23 Sep 1861
      Transferred Company Jenks', Indpt Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 25 December 1862
      Transfered in Company I, 15th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 25 December 1862
    
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